Metabolic abnormalities identified by anthropometric measures in elderly men [4]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-

  Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33644862944     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.1.173     Document Type: Letter

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